Gun Control

If I have a certain fear of going to a movie theater, because of a potential mass shooter. I want the ability to carry a firearm when I go there.

We have more gun violence in America than the other 26 industrialized nations combined.

"Remember this as the scourge of gun violence continues to grow in Florida and across the country," one Florida state representative responded.

"Carrying firearms in schools increases risk, not safety," Senate President Dominick Ruggerio said after the state banned guns on school property.

The number of handgun deaths in the U.S. is "astronomical," said the Democratic NYC mayoral candidate and former police chief.

The footage, filmed in Colorado Springs, shows a girl nonchalantly telling a group of people: "I think there might be a shooter or something."

A record 353 people died from gunshot wounds in Iowa last year, including both homicides and suicides, an Iowa Department of Public Health spokeswoman said.

Police said the gunman forced his way into the family's apartment in Houston, Texas, and opened fire.

Alec Augustino Braz, 22, accidentally discharged the weapon into his 19-year-old guest after recently receiving his license to carry a gun.

The weapon accidentally discharged and struck the boy while a man was holstering the weapon, police in Houston, Texas, said.

High-profile military veteran and anti-Trump critic Travis Akers tweeted Sunday, "this is not ok @Amazon."

"I will be honest with you, I am existentially exhausted. I am so tired of statements. I am so tired of hashtags and thoughts and prayers," Brandon Wolf said.

The NRA now boasts more than 5 million dues-paying members, and its controversial leader, Wayne LaPierre, continues to raise funds by selling himself as an aggressive guardian of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

A Parkland father questioned the lack of attention given to children shot in Chicago, which has led to more kids' deaths than COVID-19 in the city. Andrew Pollack became an advocate for school safety after his daughter was killed in the high school shooting.

Art Acevedo criticized lawmakers who think "everybody should have a firearm regardless of their character, their capabilities or their mental capacity."

The Texas Democratic Party chairman has teased the prospect of an O'Rourke gubernatorial run.

Investigators said little Karyn Gonzalez found a firearm under a piece of furniture at her mother's house before she shot herself.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Tuesday's school shooting "has shaken" the country and ordered the government to revise school security as well as tighten control over civilian gun ownership.

Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert claimed President Joe Biden's speech "was big government from start to finish."

The legislation declares federal gun restrictions that violate the Second Amendment, enacted on or after January 1, 2021 invalid in the state. According to the Associated Press, the bill was approved in the Arkansas Senate and was voted 79-20 along party lines in the House.

People between the ages of 18-29 saw the sharpest decline in backing for new weapons laws, according to a new survey.

Fifty-three percent of U.S. adults think gun laws should be stricter than they currently are—a 7-point drop from September 2019.

As James Madison observed in Federalist no. 46, tyrannical governments invariably "are afraid to trust the people with arms."

Gutternberg's message came hours after a gunman killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis.

The church "has been so neutered and so turned effeminate, almost homosexual," Jansen said, touting that his ushers carry firearms during services.

Abbott recently joined state GOP lawmakers in backing legislation that would allow Texas to simply disregard federal laws on firearms.

Firearms patent and trademark attorney Ben Langlotz said he did not do it to "own the libs."

The Georgia congresswoman is responding to the push for stricter firearms regulations by raffling a pistol.

"H.R. 8 and say it's not the intention of it to create criminals, but it's exactly what it does," the Oklahoma congressman argued.

Chipman spent 25 years as an ATF agent and currently works as a policy adviser for a group advocating stricter gun laws.